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Tag: Fake subpoenas

Judge orders Orleans Parish district attorney to turn over records related to fake subpoenas

The judge wasn’t swayed by an argument by the DA’s lawyer that it’s too hard to find the records.
by Charles Maldonado July 11, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Transcript shows judge didn’t know about fake subpoena when she issued arrest warrant

But the judge didn’t recall the arrest warrant until after the case was dropped.
by Charles Maldonado June 22, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Prosecutor tried to jail victim of alleged domestic violence after she didn’t obey fake subpoena

District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro has said people faced “no legal consequences” if they failed to obey fake subpoenas sent by his office. But one of his prosecutors got an arrest warrant for a woman in part because she didn’t obey a fake subpoena. She was never arrested because the charges were dropped.
by Charles Maldonado June 14, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Live chat Thursday: Discuss The Lens’ reporting on fake subpoenas in and around New Orleans

Ask questions and offer suggestions on where to focus our reporting.
by Steve Myers June 14, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Defense attorney wants Orleans Parish DA to say if it used fake subpoenas in home invasion case

Attorney Craig Mordock says he hopes other lawyers follow suit.
by Charles Maldonado May 22, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Notices sent to witnesses on North Shore weren’t called subpoenas, but they looked real enough

We reviewed 33 notices sent by prosecutors since 2015. They had the court clerk’s name on them and told people they were “notified … to testify.” DA Warren Montgomery said they were misleading, but he doesn’t believe they were misused. A legal expert called them a sham.
by Charles Maldonado May 19, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

The Lens sues District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro to force him to turn over fake subpoenas

His office has told us it doesn’t know how often they were used, and it’s too hard to look.
by Steve Myers May 15, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans Parish DA sued over refusal to turn over witness subpoenas, real and fake

by Charles Maldonado May 12, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

DA can’t say how often fake subpoenas were used, and it’s too hard to look

In rejecting a public-records request from The Lens, the district attorney's office said it was too burdensome.
by Charles Maldonado May 5, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Will prosecutors who sent fake subpoenas face any consequences?

The possibilities include disciplinary action, federal charges, and nothing at all.
by Charles Maldonado May 3, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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